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The Who's Weirdest Songs #11
11:37 AM GMT 23/02/2009
11. Mary-Anne With The Shaky Hand
(The Who Sell Out, 1967)
Not Townshend's greatest hymn to female emancipation this one: "Linda can cook / Jean reads books / Cindy can sew" but Pete would rather know Mary, "prettiest in the land". Doubtless to find out for himself what those shaky hands "have done to her man" and indeed the guys who "come from every city". Another tuneful reminder that sexual liberation in the '60s was very much for men only. But as ever, Pete's pervy innerworld set in a hilarious ditty sounds like harmless fun. I'm sure plenty of parents still sing Pictures Of Lily to their daughters too... [JB]
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 11:37 AM GMT 23/02/2009
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